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Margaret Clifford 1540–1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Brougham Castle, Brougham, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 28 Sep 1596

Death Location: Ormskirk, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England

Father: Henry Clifford

Mother: Eleanor Brandon

Spouse(s): Henry Stanley

Children(s): Sir Lancashire, Marie Stanley

Margaret Clifford was born in 1540 in Brougham Castle, Brougham, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Clifford And Eleanor Brandon. Margaret Clifford married Henry Stanley, and had children including Marie Stanley, Sir Edward Stanley Knight Baronet Of Bickerstaff High Sheriff Of Cheshire And Lancashire. Margaret Clifford passed away in 1596 in Ormskirk, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • Margaret Clifford was born in 1540 in Brougham Castle, Brougham, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Clifford And Eleanor Brandon.
  • Margaret Clifford married Henry Stanley, and had children including Marie Stanley, Sir Edward Stanley Knight Baronet Of Bickerstaff High Sheriff Of Cheshire And Lancashire.
  • Margaret Clifford passed away in 1596 in Ormskirk, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Clifford
1517–1570
Birth Location: Skipton, Yorkshire, England
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Eleanor Brandon
1519–1547
Birth Location: Southwark, Surrey, England
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Spouses(s)

Henry Stanley
1515–1598
Birth Location: Cross Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England
HS

Children(s)

Sir Lancashire
1576–1640
Birth Location: Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England
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Marie Stanley
1567–
Birth Location: Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
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Margaret Clifford's Ancestors

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Margaret Clifford
1540–1596
Birth Place: Brougham Castle, Brougham, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Henry Clifford
1517–1570
Skipton, Yorkshire, England
Eleanor Brandon
1519–1547
Southwark, Surrey, England
Grandparents
Henry Clifford
1493–1542
Margareth Percy
1506–1540
Charles (Brandon 1st Duke Of) Suffolk
1484–1545
Bishops Lynn, Norfolk, England
Mary (Rose Tudor Queen Consort of) France
1496–1533
Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England
Great-Grandparents
Henry VII
1457–1509
Elizabeth Plantagenet
1466–1503
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund Tudor
1430–1456
Margaret Beaufort
1443–1509
Edward Plantagenet
1442–1483
Elizabeth Woodville
1437–1492

Margaret Clifford's Descendants

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Margaret Clifford (1540–28 Sep 1596) m. Henry Stanley (Abt 1515–23 July 1598)
  1. 1. Sir (Edward Stanley Knight, Baronet of Bickerstaff, High Sheriff of Cheshire and) Lancashire 1576–1640 m. Isabella Warburton 1592–1685 m. Katherine Stanley –1613
    1. 1. Sir (Thomas Henry Stanley 2nd Baron of) Bickerstaffe 1616–1658 m. Lady (Mary Cropper Ashawe) Egerton 1620–1693
      1. 1. Mary Stanley 1645–1672 m. Nicholas Wookey 1645–1690
        1. 1. William Wookey 1668–1732 m. Frances Howler 1670–
        2. 2. Nicholas Wookey 1670–
        3. 3. Mary Wookey 1672–1674
        4. 4. Guilielmus Wookey 1668–
        5. 5. Maria Wookey 1666–1668
      2. 2. Lady (Charlotte) Stanley 1629–1639
      3. 3. Sir (Edward Stanley 3rd) Baronet 1643–1671
      4. 4. Mary ((Stanley)) Bradshaw 1645–1655 m. Nicholas Wookey 1645–1690
        1. 1. William Wookey 1668–1732
        2. 2. Nicholas Wookey 1670–
        3. 3. Mary Wookey 1672–1674
        4. 4. Guilielmus Wookey 1668–
        5. 5. Maria Wookey 1666–1668
      5. 5. Sarah (Jane) Stanley –1693
      6. 6. Sir (James Edward Egerton Stanley 3rd Baronet of) Bickerstaffe 1643–1671
      7. 7. Thomas Stanley 1643–1671
      8. 8. Edward Stanley 1638–1710
      9. 9. Edward Stanley 1651–1750
      10. 10. Elizabeth Stanley 1647–1695
      11. 11. Peter (Egerton) Stanley 1648–1685
      12. 12. 1st (Marquess of Atholl John) Murray 1631–1703
      13. 13. Charles (Stanley, VIII Earl of) Derby 1627–1672
      14. 14. Henry (Frederick) Stanley 1634–1635
      15. 15. Lady (Amelia Anne Sophia) Stanley 1633–1702
      16. 16. Lady (Henrietta Maria Stanley Duchess of) Stafford 1630–1685
      17. 17. William (Derby) Stanley 1640–1671
      18. 18. Lady (Catharine) Stanley 1631–1679
      19. 19. John Stanley 1647–1719
      20. 20. Mary Stanley 1642–1668
      21. 21. Elizabeth Stanley 1642–1680
      22. 22. James (Edward) Stanley –1674
      23. 23. Isabel Stanley 1643–1671
      24. 24. James Stanley 1636–1638
      25. 25. Thomas Stanley –1762
    2. 2. James Stanley 1618–1618
  2. 2. Marie Stanley 1567–

Margaret Clifford's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Margaret Clifford in Brougham Castle, Brougham, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Brougham Castle, Brougham, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
1596
28 Sep 1596
Age 56
Death of Margaret Clifford in Cleveland Row (Middlesex) England
Cleveland Row (Middlesex) England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Brougham Castle, Brougham, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Sep 1596
    Event Place: Cleveland Row (Middlesex) England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Ormskirk, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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